Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-03
ON CHANGE.
Spot Cotton Unchan ged-Futures Ir.
regular, from One Point Lower to
One Point Higher-MOney Easy.
Wheat Opened Firm, FIuctuated Narrowly
and closed Higher-Live Stock
Transactions Brisk.
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VIEW.
OFFICE OF TIE GAZETTE,
FORT WORTH. TEX. March }, 1851.
Trade WAS simply booming to-day, the
activity reaching all lines.
Butter has advanced and good quality
is in demand.
Cabbage in bulk has advanced &c.
Eggs are in demand at Sg9c.
Stocks of bananas are very light.
Apples are scarce and high.
Chickens and turkeys are slow.
THE STATE OF TRADE.
Out of twenty-five cities reported by
telegraph to Bradstreet's, Chicago and
Kansas City alone annOui ce special gains
in the volume of staples distributed duc-
ing the week. New York, Pittsburg, St.
Louis and Dallas, Tex, report some i'm
provement, while at Boston, Cleveland,
San Francisco, Nashville, Evansville,
Milwaukee and Galveston, no special
change is noted. General trade has
experienced check at Philadel
phia, Columbus, Ohio, Cincinnati,
Louisville, Omaha, Burlington, Min
neapolis, st. Paul and New Orleans,
and at other points, owing to rain and
snow storms and continued bad condi-
ton of country roads, and as well as
cities previously named, because of the
Intervention of holiday. The Industrial
situation is rather better, the average
number of employees striking with ten
days having dropped off one half as COM
pared with month prior thereto. 1t is
probable that Bradstreet's report of labor
disturbances for two months will record
over 100, 900 strikers in 1887, against 49,
600 in 1856.
Bank clearings at thirty-siX cities,
specially wired TO Bradstreet's, aggre-
gate 1878, 1852, 99l for the week ended yes
terday, against 1916, 726,2G2 last week,
and ssh, 75S, O40 in the like week Of 1886,
decline of about sos, 900. 900 on the
week, materially less than may beascribed
to the loss of one days business. AS
compared with the week year ago five
days there is a gain of 100000, 900, or
about s per cent. Leading domestic
money markets are rather more
active than last week, and Chicago
/ has been drawing on New York for funds.
| Owing to interruption to the country
trade west, southwest and northwest,
mercantile collections have been greatly
curtailed The demand on local bankers
at several of the more important dis
! tribu!ing centers is noted in changing
rates for exchange on New York. The
! gross earnings of 100 railways, being half
the total mileage of the country, were
! S24, 100000 in January, against $50,
900 in January, 1856, gain of 81 ,425. 600.
The New York stock market has been
dull until the last days of the week, when
it became fairly active with an advancing
tendency. The more peaceful outlook in
Europe and a better feeling in foreign
markets, with considerable improvement
in railroad earnings and favora-
BILE prospects, lend bullish
tone. Transactions for the week
were l,257,9l7 shares, against 1922
PSI shares last week and 1862, 435 shares
! for the corresponding week in 1886.
Bonds and investments are dull, with
some activity in the more speculative
| issues. Sales for the week S7,236, 900
against St, 2S5, 900 las week and 50, 1885,
900 in the corresponding week in 1886.
Foreign exchange was high in first part
of the week, but it has since been lower
and dull.
Wheat suffered another reaction ing
the week, which declining visible socks
and quantity atioat failed to check. Spec
ulative circles were again demoraliZed;
weak longs let go, and prices declined
rapidly with active tradings. Active ex-
port buying at lowest figures, east and
west, advanced quotations again, the
close Yesterday at New York being SO
cents against 904 cents week ago. Brad
streets advices are that the Australian
colonies will have 10000 short tons of
wheat for export. Export demand at San
Francisco is good. Hog products, ex-
cept mess pork have gone off rapidly
after the heavy advance on freer deliv-
cries of hogs and speculative influences.
The continued advance of pork at Chicago
is explained by the fact that g large short
interest is being well squeezed The ad-
vance of 20@30 points in coffee options
within three days was lost within ten
minutes yesterday. Baltimore sold heav-
lily. Brazilian receipts are smaller,
but home demand is light. Holders are
firm. Iron and steel are quiet Deliver
les of pig proceed slowly. Bar has a ten
denCy to advance. There is little likeli-
hood of an early advance in rail prices, as
directors and promoters of railways in
cline to pause before building or extend
ing until the interstate commerce bill is
better understood. Another lot of En-
elish pig iron has been received
at New Orleans this week The west
ern demand for cotton goods is active.
Decreased stocks of brown and bleached
sheetings inspire great confidence. Prints
are shade easier. Wool manufacturers,
not having a pressure of orders, buy
SparIngly. Wool purchases are Of small
er volume and prices favor BUYERS. There
is some tendency to cheaper the quality
of goods manufactured, and there is talk
of stopping wooden machinery. Spot cot
ton at New York is Lice higher since the
reduction of local stocks by fire.
There were l63 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's this week,
against pa last week, POS year ago,
254 two years ago, 2lS three years ago
and 2O+ four years ago. Canada had 81
this against So last week. The total IN
the United States this year to date is
PA, against 1901 in 1886, 1851 in 1885,
2S4l in 1884 and 2065 In 1888. Canada